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In today's episode of The Dice Society podcast, I talk about another RPG being made by MCDM: Crows! Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/TheDiceSociety Links: JotT #2: Ancestries of the Timescape Stawl Supplement Index Nightmare Scenario The Kiln It's Complicated Weapons of Lore The Two-Soul Stormbreakers The Snow Queen's Fury The MATTER of an OVERMIND Doom of the Dragon Grafter The Scion - A Spellsword Class The Vessel Carnophage Booklet Ratcatcher Magazine Issue 02 The Blacksmith's Guild Issue #5 Translated Rule Graphics Player Map of Blackbottom Vintage Cover Template Draw Steel Community+ Glyphs Font Gub's Theory of Mapping Draw Steel Adventure Tools Party Continuity Power Rolls from Stat Blocks More from The Dice Society: Discord Mailing list Today's transcript Bluesky YouTube More from MCDM: Matt on Bluesky James on Bluesky MCDM on Bluesky MCDM on Discord Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:17 - Community & News 23:09 - Crows 50:59 - Outro

In today's episode of The Dice Society podcast, I talk about Draw Steel's Year One crowdfunder: Crack the Sun! Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/TheDiceSociety Links: Hooked on Crafting The Cave of Amber Tears A Refugee's Guide to Nomas Do Nomasians Dream of Psionic Sheep? To Defy the Stars From the Ashes The Bale Crossing You Meet in an Ambush: Codex Edition Ratcatcher Magazine Issue 2 Blacksmith's Guild Issue 4 NPC Generator Codex Fabuludens Masterful Smithing Dwarves Art Pack Draw Steel Ajax Edition Unboxing November Roundup Testing the Encounters Book More from The Dice Society: Discord Mailing list Today's transcript Bluesky YouTube More from MCDM: Matt on Bluesky James on Bluesky MCDM on Bluesky MCDM on Discord Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:15 - Community 05:08 - News 07:34 - Year One Crowdfunder 28:05 - Outro

In today's episode of The Dice Society Podcast, I talk about Crack the Sun, MCDM's upcoming campaign for Draw Steel! Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/TheDiceSociety Links: Memories of the North Wind Solgado's Master Chef Tools Looking Through the Best JotT #1 Submissions LIVE! Boggits of Kingsmire - A Swampy Supplement for Draw Steel Dread Abbey Halloween Sale 2025 Customizable Character Sheet (PSD Files) Steel Cauldron Hero Playmat Draw Steel Encounter Generator The Beastheart and Summoner Take on Gnolls! CROWS The MCDM Crawler? Thread about DS's symbols More from The Dice Society: Discord Mailing list Today's transcript Bluesky YouTube More from MCDM: Matt on Bluesky James on Bluesky MCDM on Bluesky MCDM on Discord Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:55 - Community 04:43 - News 08:27 - Crack the Sun 16:41 - Outro

In today's episode of The Dice Society Podcast, I share my thoughts on Daggerheart, comparing it to Draw Steel so you know if this game is for you! Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/TheDiceSociety Links: Omios Ures Jams of the Timescape #1: Treasure Sets of the Timescape How to Draw Steel Ability Card PDF Generator Draw Steel Ability Cards Printable Retainer Cards Free DS Symbol Font Statblock Icons and Potency Fonts Draw Steel Template - Affinity + InDesign + Google Docs Cave of Amber Tears Backerkit MacGraw Hideaway Stawl Forge Steel Steel Compendium Owlbear Rodeo Ranges Essentians - A Draw Steel Ancestry On the Edge Alchemical Consumables Draw Steel Errata The Summoner Open Playtest Start Playing Games: Draw Steel Launch Draw Steel Minis by TitanCraft Codex Wiki DMHub YouTube 368 - Draw Steel: Heroes! Combat in Draw Steel Crushes D&D (Except for This One Thing) Daggerheart VS Draw Steel VS my sanity TPT #393: Draw Steel Review 17 Reasons You Should Try Draw Steel Draw Steel at Level 1! (MD 254) My Favorite Part of Draw Steel? Draw Steel Actual Play ROAD TO BROADHURST Daggerheart Fixed (Almost) Everything More from The Dice Society: Discord Mailing list Today's transcript Bluesky YouTube More from MCDM: Matt on Bluesky James on Bluesky MCDM on Bluesky MCDM on Discord Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:29 - Community 06:08 - News 09:06 - Draw Steel & Daggerheart 46:12 - Outro

DRAW STEEL IS OUT! In today's episode of The Dice Society Podcast, I talk about the release of the game as well as the two adventures meant to onboard new players. Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/TheDiceSociety Links: The Road to Broadhurst The Delian Tomb The Delian Tomb on DTRPG Draw Steel Review: Perfect* Draw Steel core (PDF) Draw Steel core (Hardcover + PDF) Custom Heroes for Draw Steel by Titancraft The Delian Tomb - Episode 01 What Is This Game? | How to Draw Steel #0 Where to Get Started With Draw Steel Its Time To Draw Steel | Why YOU Should Run The MCDM RPG Draw Steel Crash Course v1.0 One-page, two-sided Draw Steel cheat sheet Newbie Director Helper Changelog December Backer Packet --> Full Release Build Reccomendations Guide MCDM RPG to Draw Steel - Let's see how far we've come PDF GIVEAWAY! | Draw Steel PDF Launch Special Running Draw Steel in Owlbear Rodeo Roll20 Macros Montage Test Runner in Stawl Stawl for patrons Steel Compendium updated DS Style Template in Google Docs Blank Class-specific Character Sheets Kobold Ancestry Weapons of Legend Tomb of the Crescent Moon The Blacksmith's Guild - Issue 2 More from The Dice Society: Discord Mailing list Today's transcript Bluesky YouTube More from MCDM: Matt on Bluesky James on Bluesky MCDM on Bluesky MCDM on Discord Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:39 - Draw Steel release 07:51 - News 10:35 - Community 14:09 - Outro

In today's episode of The Dice Society Podcast, I give my first impressions of the Draw Steel PDFs that MCDM recently released on Patreon! Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/TheDiceSociety Links: The Blacksmith's Guild Issue #1 Ratcatcher Magazine - Issue 01 Raiders of Ivywatch You Meet in an Ambush Steel Drawer The Cave of Amber Tears Renée's Pixel Art Token Markers Power Cards The Vessel Class Retainers Flockle Ancestry Summoning the Summoner in the Draw Steel Codex! More from The Dice Society: Mailing list Today's transcript Bluesky YouTube More from MCDM: Matt on Bluesky James on Bluesky MCDM on Bluesky MCDM on Discord Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:04 - Community 04:30 - News 14:28 - PDF first impressions 27:40 - Outro

In today's episode of The Dice Society Podcast, I interview none other than James Introcaso! We talk about Draw Steel's game design process and principles. Plus, a short summary of last month's DS news at the end. Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/TheDiceSociety Links: James Introcaso on Tactical RPGs and Draw Steel Future Draw Steel Products, Djordice Are Shipping, Flee Mortals on Foundry | April Roundup Triggered Actions Updated! | The Danger Room | Draw Steel Codex Actual Play Good King Omund’s Box of Dice | Hero Titles A-a-ron custom Draw Steel dice Draw Steel IRL Cards Gol Ancestry for Draw Steel! Fanzine for Draw Steel A Vampire Class for Draw Steel More from The Dice Society: Mailing list Today's transcript Bluesky YouTube More from MCDM: Matt on Bluesky James on Bluesky MCDM on Bluesky MCDM on Discord Chapters: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:25 - Interview 01:14:13 - News and Community 01:16:49 - Outro

In today's episode of The Dice Society Podcast, I talk the upcoming Draw Steel politics system based on MCDM's Strongholds & Followers & Kingdoms & Warfare. Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/TheDiceSociety Links: The Great Rebirth You Meet in an Ambush v1.3 Six more ancestries Plasmoid ancestry Automation for Character Sheet Toolkit Homebrew monsters on Stawl Heroic Resources Condition Labels Owlbear extension Weapons of Legend Codex Marches setting guide Treasure materials organized into categories Chess subsystem Heroic retainers More from The Dice Society: Mailing list Today's transcript Bluesky YouTube More from MCDM: Matt on Bluesky James on Bluesky MCDM on Bluesky MCDM on Discord Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:54 - Community 05:35 - Intermission 05:56 - News 09:21 - Strongholds & Warfare 15:36 - Outro

In today's episode of The Dice Society Podcast, I talk about the much-awaited VTT that DMHub is making for Draw Steel: the Codex! Become a member of the Society: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy1ciM2mEyft9kF-RGjwDGA/join Links: Goblins Take Over The Codex! DMHub Discord server Codex devlog channel Codex chat channel Codex feedback form Codex Marches onboarding 10th level Shadow Draw Steel Codex tutorial video list How to Direct a Game in the Codex Forge Steel Character Importer for the Codex Draw Steel Foundry System Module Guide for Draw Steel in Foundry Death to Ajax! How to Introduce Draw Steel to Your Friends Compact character sheets Andie Margolskee Interview James Introcaso on Becoming a Professional Designer Band of Goblins ancestry Vampire ancestry Vampire class for Draw Steel Character Sheets but not for Ants Monsters on Forge Steel Themed playlists More from The Dice Society: Mailing list Today's transcript Bluesky YouTube More from MCDM: Matt on Bluesky James on Bluesky MCDM on Bluesky MCDM on Discord Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:03 - Codex VTT 08:37 - Membership 09:00 - News 13:55 - Community 20:29 - Outro

In today's episode of The Dice Society Podcast, I talk about the two new classes coming to Draw Steel after the core rules: the Beastheart and the Summoner. For a transcript of this episode, go to: ⁠⁠https://thedicesociety.com/tds015-ds-new-classes Links: THE SUMMONER! Draw Steel Playtesting Codex's smart targeting system Codex's forced movement automation The Great Thaw of Gryzmithrak Spire Bay of Blackbottom w/ the author for SoCal Fire Relief More Adventure Brainstorming, Part III! Danger Room in The Draw Steel Codex! The Ten Thousand Year Cataclysm The Dice Goblin Episode Dael Kingsmill on Mythology and Draw Steel Custom character sheet Digital Character Sheets on Stawl Three Little Guys in a Trenchcoat Introducing Friends to Draw Steel Gunslinger Class Onboarding Slides for Classes & Ancestries Monster Math! Draw Steel Ability Cards Character Creation: Ancestries and Cultures More from The Dice Society: Mailing list Website Bluesky YouTube More from MCDM: Matt on Bluesky James on Bluesky MCDM on Bluesky MCDM on Discord Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:59 - New classes 07:45 - News 10:19 - Community 17:54 - Outro

On today's episode of The Dice Society podcast, I talk about the newest Draw Steel playtest packets and all of the community creations that came in their wake. More from The Dice Society: Transcript of this episode Mailing list Bluesky YouTube Links: Because of Spotify's character limit, please see the links section on YouTube. Sorry for the inconvenience. More from MCDM: Matt on Twitch James on Twitch MCDM on YouTube Matt on YouTube Draw Steel on Reddit MCDM on Reddit Matt on Reddit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ MCDM on Patreon MCDM on Discord Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:19 - Community and news 03:48 - New packets 10:17 - Intermission 10:58 - Community creations 18:29 - Outro

In today's episode of The Dice Society podcast, I talk about two new previews the Draw Steel Patreon backers got: 100 complications and consumable treasures for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th echelons. For the show notes of this episode, go to: ⁠⁠https://thedicesociety.com/tds013-ds-complications-consumables/⁠⁠ Links: Dice Probability Graphs The Bow Languor Tavern Games Overhauled Draw Steel Character Sheets in Foundry Adventure collab Goblin Points Blog of Holding More from MCDM: Matt on Twitch James on Twitch MCDM on YouTube Matt on YouTube Draw Steel on Reddit MCDM on Reddit Matt on Reddit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ MCDM on Patreon MCDM on Discord More from The Dice Society: Mailing list Web Spotify Bluesky Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:25 - Community and news 05:29 - Complications preview 12:42 - Intermission 13:26 - Consumables preview 21:33 - Outro

In today's episode of The Dice Society podcast, I talk about Draw Steel's third Patreon playtest packet, a couple of level 10 prototypes, and the changes the devs are currently working on. For the show notes of this episode, go to: ⁠https://thedicesociety.com/tds012-ds-reaches-level-10/⁠ Links: Kobold Ancestry Xentis' Steel Compendium Emblazoned Character Sheets Mobile friendly rules reference PDF Owlbear Rodeo: DS Conditions & Tooltips Interview with Djordi discussing class design "Introductions", #0 | Into the Wode Myths of Hecenae Episode 1 Green Fog at Morning TDS 011: Draw Steel Gets Revised My experience playing the Censor Feeling a bit dejected after first session of Draw Steel More from MCDM: Matt on Twitch James on Twitch MCDM on YouTube Matt on YouTube Draw Steel on Reddit MCDM on Reddit Matt on Reddit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ MCDM on Patreon MCDM on Discord More from The Dice Society: Mailing list Web Spotify Bluesky Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 02:48 - Community and news 10:05 - Third Patreon packet and level 10 prototypes 21:39 - Intermission 22:24 - Mouthfeel and feedback 36:58 - Outro

In today's episode of The Dice Society podcast, I talk about the big revision that the game is going through: caster kits, surges, condition gates, Build-a-Bear ancestries, and a whole lot more! For a transcript of this episode, go to: https://thedicesociety.com/tds011-gets-revised/ Links: Timescape Wiki by Lord_Durok: https://timescape.wiki/ Stawl by Jon de Nor: https://stawl.app 5T by Tamwin5: https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/8-HYyiynSHbc Aestus's Homebrew Master Doc by Aestus_RPG: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vLRN-mEooHmvFlgx-EUAbS9crsrTLjBm Draw Steel Initiative Tracker by StinkyPaps: https://github.com/dayvar14/obr-draw-steel/ You Meet in an Ambush by The Dice Society: https://thedicesociety.itch.io/you-meet-in-an-ambush More from MCDM: Matt on Twitch: ⁠https://www.twitch.tv/matthew_colville⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ James on Twitch: ⁠https://www.twitch.tv/jamesintrocaso⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ MCDM on YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@helloMCDM⁠ Matt on YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@mcolville⁠ Draw Steel on Reddit: ⁠https://www.reddit.com/r/drawsteel⁠ MCDM on Reddit: ⁠⁠https://www.reddit.com/r/mcdm⁠ Matt on Reddit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.reddit.com/r/mattcolville⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ MCDM on Patreon: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/mcdm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ MCDM on Discord: ⁠https://discord.com/invite/mcdm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ More from The Dice Society: Mailing list: ⁠https://mailchi.mp/442947b3c75f/the-dice-society⁠ Web: ⁠https://thedicesociety.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Spotify: ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thedicesociety⁠ Twitter: https://x.com/thedicesociety Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/thedicesociety.bsky.social⁠ Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:31 - Community and news 07:01 - Revision (part 1) 18:27 - Intermission 19:14 - Revision (part 2) 24:24 - Outro

In today's episode of The Dice Society podcast, I talk about the recent backer playtest packet and discuss the Creator License released alongside it. Plus a bunch of creations from the community! For a transcript of this episode, go to: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thedicesociety.com/tds010-backer-playtest/ Links: Dice crowdfunder: https://mcdm.gg/dice Creator License: https://mcdm.gg/ds-license Ability Cards for Draw Steel by Cal: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Arl1sJx0eqyqsqyPHm6x4-n96XyhSu4k?usp=sharing Draw Steel in Foundry VTT by haezan: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1fK_VTYvDepdYxJfEPu9RyAE-90u9UcFk Disdiar - a Discord bot for Draw Steel by Jon de Nor: https://disdiar.stawl.app/ FORGE STEEL by Andy Aiken: https://andyaiken.github.io/forgesteel/ Draw Steel Elements by xentis: https://github.com/SteelCompendium/draw-steel-elements Draw Steel Crash Course by xentis: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tqKpLgM1KCAkRXhFfoQHwNncUuASPN5BPZursGqnfPc/edit Layout Template for Draw Steel by Solace: https://witnessttrpg.itch.io/draw-steel-template The Oleumancer by Pesto: https://pestopublications.itch.io/oleumancer Getting Started with Draw Steel (Backer Preview) by The Dice Society: https://youtu.be/F4ijaQ-aQSc More from MCDM: Matt on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/matthew_colville⁠⁠⁠⁠ James on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jamesintrocaso⁠⁠⁠⁠ MCDM on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@helloMCDM Matt on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mcolville Draw Steel on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/drawsteel MCDM on Reddit: ⁠https://www.reddit.com/r/mcdm Matt on Reddit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.reddit.com/r/mattcolville⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ MCDM on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mcdm⁠⁠⁠⁠ MCDM on Discord: https://discord.com/invite/mcdm⁠⁠⁠⁠ More from The Dice Society: Mailing list: https://mailchi.mp/442947b3c75f/the-dice-society Web: https://thedicesociety.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thedicesociety Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thedicesociety.bsky.social Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:10 - News 03:15 - BackerKit packet 09:34 - Intermission 10:21 - Creator License 15:39 - Outro